I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
People can you hear this
People can you hear each other
They want to make us soldiers
They want us to unnerve each other
Yeah
'Cause we speak in different dialects
They want us to forsake our sister
Their fashionable language
They want us all to fear our brother
Oh the tie that binds must be stronger than what our differences allow
Seek the good in a passing wave, that is evolution, yeah
So people can you hear this
People can you hold each other
Can it be we're getting nearer
Don't let the cynics be your only cover now
The tie that binds must be stronger than what our differences allow
See the good in a passing wave, that is evolution, yeah
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
'Cause I got the oil can
You got the stove pipe
He got the key stone
She got the block
But with a bit of mortar
We'll make a fine house
We wont look for the one shoe dropped
But here come the board man
He come to shut us down
We'll take the long way
The long way around
And we'll gather our wood on the wrong side of town
And we'll surprise them all, surprise them
We'll surprise them, we'll surprise them all
So people can you hear this
People don't you hurt each other
They want to make us soldiers
The innocent to know the suffer now
The tie that binds must be strong, must be strong
See the good in the passing wave, that is evolution
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
We'll surprise them all
People can you hear each other
They want to make us soldiers
They want us to unnerve each other
Yeah
'Cause we speak in different dialects
They want us to forsake our sister
Their fashionable language
They want us all to fear our brother
Oh the tie that binds must be stronger than what our differences allow
Seek the good in a passing wave, that is evolution, yeah
So people can you hear this
People can you hold each other
Can it be we're getting nearer
Don't let the cynics be your only cover now
The tie that binds must be stronger than what our differences allow
See the good in a passing wave, that is evolution, yeah
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
'Cause I got the oil can
You got the stove pipe
He got the key stone
She got the block
But with a bit of mortar
We'll make a fine house
We wont look for the one shoe dropped
But here come the board man
He come to shut us down
We'll take the long way
The long way around
And we'll gather our wood on the wrong side of town
And we'll surprise them all, surprise them
We'll surprise them, we'll surprise them all
So people can you hear this
People don't you hurt each other
They want to make us soldiers
The innocent to know the suffer now
The tie that binds must be strong, must be strong
See the good in the passing wave, that is evolution
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
We'll surprise them all
Lyrics submitted by daahf12
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